... THE OCCUPATION OF CYPRUS. LONDON, Friday. Mr Baring, in virtue of a firman from the Sultan, took possession of the Island of Cyprus yesterday on behalf of Great Britain. The sum which will be set down in the estimates as the cost of a military establish- ment of the Island, should the contemplated force of 10,000 be kept there, will be anuum. The pay of Sir Garnet Wolsley will be £5,000 per ...

... LATEST WAR NEWS. News of the Russian victory in Asia Minor was announced to the troops before Plevna on Wednes- day night during the hours of prayers, and was greeted by great cheering and a salvo of artillery. The Czar telegraphed the intelligence to the Emperor of Germany. On the subject of proposals for peace, a Vienna correspondent states that Count Andrassy has again said that he will ...

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... BASCHURCH STEEPLECHASES. This popular meeting came off on Tuesday, and was, like its predecessor?, a great puceess. It hss always been the fortune of these rac's to be uudor able and energetic management, and this year was no exception to the rule. The stewards were—Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart, M.P., Sir Vincent Corbet, Bart., Colonel Lloyd (Aston), C. J. Wing- field, Esq. (Onslow), and ...

... ENGLAND AND THE EAST. CALCUTTA, July 25. An official denial is given to an assertion made by the Statesman that the Inoian Government formerly projected sending a force of 90000 men to Bagdad simultaneously with the despatch of a British army corps to Trebizonde. The statement is declared to be com- pletely lalse. ...

... THE BLACKBURN MURDER. BLACKBURN. Friday. Previous to being brought before the magistrates to-day. Fish was visited by his wife and two children, his mot! e'-n-law, and a fennle friend: also bv a Church of i-j. li.id clpr^rvman. He looked deadlv pale, and was accomuiocated with a seat in the dock. ...

... Naval Question of the Day.—Does anything extra- ordinary happen to a turret ship when the captain gets in a towering rage ? Somebody has sent our editor's butler a price list of wear resisting suits- He says it's enough to give a man delirium tremens to think about his clolbes resisting him every time he wants to wear 'em. He says the clothes would wear the man out first. THE DECLARATION ...

... CABINET MINISTERS AT LIVERPOOL. The Home Secretary (Mr Cross), the President of the Board of Trade (Lord Sandon), and the Secretary for War (Colonel Stanley) were the chief guests, as representative of Lancashire con- stituencies, of the Mayor of Liverpool, at a Tewn Hall banquet on Wednesday night. About 250 fjentlftiDf-n wore present, inclttdir-g Lords Win- ir-arieigh and kfimersdale, the ...

... irtgfJt aria%t$t h Announcssients under -this head be accom- panied by the-nsjue and address of the sender. Any addition to the simple notice must be paid for at the rate of one shilling for tlu -e lines. BIRTHS. JBAVIES—On the 2nd ult.„&t 45, Cliest(irrs-reet Wrex- ham, the wire of William Davies, of on. ELLIs-On the 3rd ult., at FelinpulestoE., Erddig, the wife of Charles Ellis. of a son. ...

... THE ST. GOTHARD TUNNEL. BERNE, March 23. There is no truth in a rumour lately current that the contractors for the construction of the St. Gothard tunnel had notified to the Federal Council that they in- tended suspending the works. ...

... irthSt Warriagtst artbr cafhs. Announcements under this head must be accom- panied by the name and address of the sender. Any addition to the simple notice must be paid for at the rate of one shilling for three lines. BIRTHS. CORBETT-On the 10th inst., at Vaynor Park, Mont- gomeryshire, the wife of Major Corbett, of a daughter. DFIEHAN-ON the 8th inst., at Banker Cottage, Llau- dyrnog, near ...